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Our New Home
2008-12-28 01:10:00 The Kuwait Health Initiative team is proud to announce the opening of its new online home at www.q8health.org. Since the KHI strongly relies on feedback from its readers to improve its services, please visit the site and send us your comments and suggestions. This WordPress site will continue to function and be intermittently updated by our ...
By: Kuwait Health
Losing Perspective
2008-06-25 23:41:00 Kuwait and the neighboring GCC countries have unique social structures. Despite high growth rates, there seems to be an unrelenting need to import skilled manpower and foreign expertise. Expatriates constitute about 80% of the labor force and form an estimated 65% of the population. This tells you that the majority of expatriates are in the working age ...
By: Kuwait Health
Medicare Cuts and Senior Citizen Health Care Coverage: When is Enough, Enou
2008-05-08 22:24:00 According to a HealthWorldWeb user, ?I’m concerned about the constant cycle of Medicare cuts to the doctors who treat our senior citizens. If these cuts go into effect, many doctors may be forced to stop seeing Medicare patients. All patients deserve access to health care, help preserve this country’s health care system. It only takes ...
By: Health World Web
Dear Mr. 2009 President, by Summer Banks
2008-04-15 06:15:00 As the new President of the United States, you promised many changes for the betterment of the country. During the vast time you spent on the campaign trail, there was talk of health care reform, economic stimulus and immediate action relieving our troops from their duties in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, I would like to ...
By: Health World Web
What Should the Presidential Candidate?s Focus On Regarding Health Care Ref
2008-03-26 21:16:00 Professional Views In a recent Commonwealth/Modern Health care Health care Opinion Leaders Survey, this pertinent and timely question was placed upon the table for discussion. The results may just mold the outcome of the Presidential elections. Of the leaders surveyed, 83% supported the overall need for EVERYONE to have access to total health care coverage. This has ...
By: Health World Web
Barbados Health Policy On Kidney Transplantation Under Attack
2008-03-21 16:30:00 Dear David: At your discretion, you may want to share the following with your readers. I would also be interested in any feedback they may have. Attached is the post I sent to CBC-TV for posting over 24 hours ago, in response to an article on their site “World Kidney Day“; it remains a mystery ...
MUDSLINGING CONTINUES
2008-03-10 17:28:00 The most recent version of Super Tuesday has just passed. With all the over reporting and pre-counting hype one could almost have expected the president to have been decided by Ohio and Texas alone on Tuesday. While Rhode Island and Vermont also held their primaries on Tuesday they represent so few delegates that in the ...
By: Health World Web
Universal Health Care is Not the Problem Needing Presidential Focus
2008-02-26 20:30:00 The Presidential campaign is in full swing and health care is the platform that is driving debates all over the United States. The Democrats have one, if only one, common stance on health care reform. Both Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama want Universal Health Care for all. But, Universal Health Care may not solve the ...
By: Health World Web
Barack Obama on Mental Illness
2008-02-22 21:33:00 Mental illness is a stigma to many. This large group of conditions has been discriminated against for many years. Patients seeking health care for their mental illness are often told they will have to pay higher co pays and higher rates for the medications they need due to a lack of relevant health care. Barack ...
By: Health World Web
Gambia: Mental health policy 2007
2007-12-30 12:32:00 Source: WHO Mental Health THE GAMBIA SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS The number of people affected by mental disorders in the Gambia is significant. It is estimated that of a population of around 1.478 million, about 120,000 people have a mental disorder requiring treatment. However, almost 90% of people with severe mental disorder in the Gambia are left without access to ...
The Philippine reproductive health policy: a loosely guarded secret?
2007-10-01 07:32:00 My daughter CJ will turn three this December, and increasingly, the most usual question that people pop when we talk about kids is “wala pa bang kasunod yan?” I usually laugh it off, but sometimes it becomes irritating when the questions grow in number. I mean, sometimes the way the question is asked almost sounds ... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
SWAZILAND: New health policy gets mixed response
2007-08-16 15:48:00 Seen on IRIN NEWS: SWAZILAND: New health policy gets mixed response MBABANE, 15 August (IRIN) - Swaziland’s healthcare system is in critical condition, but the hopeful reaction to government’s new National Health Policy is tempered by concern over whether the promised improvements will actually be implemented. Health officials are emphasising the importance of a finalised National Health Policy, ...
Religion not a factor in mental health policy: Government
2007-07-12 07:26:00 The New South Wales Mental Health Minister, Paul Lynch, says fringe groups will not be allowed to dictate the states' health policy. Scientologists have written numerous letters to MPs, criticising the use of psychiatric drugs for the mentally ill. |
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